AN ACT relating to administrative regulations.
Amend KRS 13A.240 to require administrative bodies to provide a cost-benefit analysis as part of the regulatory impact analysis to explain how regulated entities will be impacted by an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.270 to require the Legislative Research Commission to provide a registration form for people who wish to be notified that an administrative regulation on a subject matter has been filed and to require LRC to transmit the registration information to the promulgating administrative body; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require a small business ombudsman at each cabinet to respond to small business inquiries regarding administrative regulations; require an annual report to the Commission on Small Business Advocacy.

SCS - Amend KRS 13A.240 to require administrative bodies to provide an analysis as part of the regulatory impact analysis to explain how regulated entities will be impacted by an administrative regulation; amend KRS 13A.270 to require that electronic registration be available from a centralized state government Web site developed and maintained by the Commonwealth Office of Technology; create a new section of KRS Chapter 11 to require a small business ombudsman at each cabinet to respond to small business inquiries regarding administrative regulations to provide information regarding the procedure for submitting comments on administrative regulations, and to report annually on the number and nature of inquiries received; amend KRS 13A.250 to require an administrative body that promulgates an administrative regulation relating to any aspect of state or local government to consider the costs to the state or local government; authorize the affected state or local governments to comment on the proposed administrative regulations; require submission of a fiscal note.